Med tech in hepatitis C case to be in court in NH

(Source: CBS 5 News) David Kwiatkowski was indicted last week on 14 charges -- seven counts of tampering with a consumer product and seven counts of illegally obtaining drugs.

A traveling hospital worker accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C through contaminated syringes is facing a federal court appearance in New Hampshire.

David Kwiatkowski, whom prosecutors describe as a "serial infector," was indicted last week on 14 charges -- seven counts of tampering with a consumer product and seven counts of illegally obtaining drugs.

He's scheduled to be arraigned at 2 p.m. Monday.

Until May, Kwiatkowski worked as a cardiac technologist at Exeter Hospital, where 32 patients were diagnosed with the same strain of hepatitis C he carries. Before that, he worked in 18 hospitals in seven states. Patients in Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania have since been tested for hepatitis C.